The Europaeum, an association of eight leading universities that promotes European integration, has announced the winners of its 2012 European Study Bursaries.

Anaïs Bertrand-Dansereau, who is pursuing a PhD in Development Studies at the Graduate Institute has won one of these bursaries and will use it to go to Oxford University to continue her research project on adolescent sexuality in Malawi.

Helen Parker, who is pursuing an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management at Wadham College at Oxford University, was also chosen to receive a bursary and will come to the Graduate Institute to continue her research on water resource use.

The Europaeum bursary scheme is designed to allow students to benefit from specialist library or archive work, supervision with renowned professors, study programmes including specialist summer schools, field work or work with organisations linked to partnership universities. These bursaries, now worth €500 each, have been awarded annually since 2001. They are designed to encourage links between Geneva and Oxford, and to assist young scholars to broaden their international experience and networks.

Anaïs Bertrand-Dansereau said her visit to Oxford will give her the chance to interact with researchers from the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, as well as from Oxford's rich Africanist community, and to take advantage of the University’s extensive libraries and archives.

Helen Parker said she is looking forward to working with Professor Timothy Swanson, expert environmental economist at the Institute, and to using the Institute’s impressive library as well as the UN library to support her research. She also plans to conduct personal interviews and discussions with leading environmental and water governance stakeholders who work among Geneva’s numerous international organisations.

More information on the Europaeum, of which the Graduate Institute is a member, and its Bursaries is available on the Europeaum website.